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Soviet street children and the Second World War : welfare and social control under Stalin / Olga Kucherenko.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781474213448
  • 1474213448
  • 9781474296199
  • 147429619X
  • 9781474213431
  • 147421343X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Soviet street children and the Second World War.DDC classification:
  • 362.740947/09044 23
LOC classification:
  • HV782.A6 K798 2016eb
Other classification:
  • HIS032000 | HIS037070 | HIS054000
Online resources:
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Terms and Transliteration -- Abbreviations and Archive References -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Bezotsovshchina -- 1. Rolling Stones -- 2. The Crime Wave -- 3. The Great Migration -- 4. Efforts to Help -- 5. Coda -- Step-Motherland -- 6. Empty Promises -- 7. Forced Displacement -- 8. Making Labourers into Criminals -- 9. Law and Order Soviet Style -- 10. Coda -- In Beria's Care -- 11. State House -- 12. Maloletka -- 13. Challenges to Authority -- 14. Educating Through Labour -- 15. Coda -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: "A time of great hardship, the Second World War became a consequential episode in the history of Soviet childhood policies. The growing social problem of juvenile homelessness and delinquency alerted the government to the need for a comprehensive child protection programme. Nevertheless, by prioritizing public order over welfare, the Stalinist state created conditions that exacerbated the situation even further, transforming an existing problem into a nation-wide crisis. In this comprehensive account based on exhaustive archival research, Olga Kucherenko investigates the plight of more than a million street children and the state's role in the reinforcement of their ranks. By looking at wartime dislocation, Soviet child welfare policies, juvenile justice and the shadow world both within and without the Gulag, Soviet Street Children and the Second World War challenges several of the most pervasive myths about the Soviet Union at war. It is, therefore, as much an investigation of children on the margins of Soviet society as it is a study of the impact of war and state policies on society itself"-- Provided by publisherSummary: "A history of child homelessness and delinquency in the Soviet Union during the Second World War and its aftermath"-- Provided by publisher
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"A time of great hardship, the Second World War became a consequential episode in the history of Soviet childhood policies. The growing social problem of juvenile homelessness and delinquency alerted the government to the need for a comprehensive child protection programme. Nevertheless, by prioritizing public order over welfare, the Stalinist state created conditions that exacerbated the situation even further, transforming an existing problem into a nation-wide crisis. In this comprehensive account based on exhaustive archival research, Olga Kucherenko investigates the plight of more than a million street children and the state's role in the reinforcement of their ranks. By looking at wartime dislocation, Soviet child welfare policies, juvenile justice and the shadow world both within and without the Gulag, Soviet Street Children and the Second World War challenges several of the most pervasive myths about the Soviet Union at war. It is, therefore, as much an investigation of children on the margins of Soviet society as it is a study of the impact of war and state policies on society itself"-- Provided by publisher

"A history of child homelessness and delinquency in the Soviet Union during the Second World War and its aftermath"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Terms and Transliteration -- Abbreviations and Archive References -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Bezotsovshchina -- 1. Rolling Stones -- 2. The Crime Wave -- 3. The Great Migration -- 4. Efforts to Help -- 5. Coda -- Step-Motherland -- 6. Empty Promises -- 7. Forced Displacement -- 8. Making Labourers into Criminals -- 9. Law and Order Soviet Style -- 10. Coda -- In Beria's Care -- 11. State House -- 12. Maloletka -- 13. Challenges to Authority -- 14. Educating Through Labour -- 15. Coda -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

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